The New Mithraeum
28 May 2026
Fragment of an altar (H. 0.36 Br. 0.21 D. 0.15) found in the N-W corner of the Castellum at Alzey in 1920.Anthes in Germania IV, 1920, 82; H. Finke in BRGK XVII, 1927, 57 No. 177; Lehner in BJ 129, 1924, 84 No. 206.Upon the altar a sacrificing dish between two volutes.Deo / invicto / Adiutorius / Tertius.Adiutorius: CIL XIII 4193; 11696; 11698; CIL III 6787.At the same time a larger altar (H. 0.90 Br. 0.40 D. 0.20) without an inscription was found and also a relief with a kantharus encircled by a serpent. This last find makes it more probable that the invictus is indeed Mithras.
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